Cherry Blossoms Desktop

Spring is in the air and even in the downtown core there are trees blooming with beautiful colours. Angela's favourite is the Sakura, cherry blossom, which she has been asking me to get photos of. The blossoms are only around for a short period in the spring and I thought surely I would miss them. Thankfully today the weather and the boys health, they're sporting runny noses, were good enough for a little urban picnic. We opted for one of her favourite spots in the heart of the business district, which conveniently for me, is populated with cherry blossoms. Here's a snap which I've prepared at a standard desktop resolution (1280x1024) for you to download as a desktop. Enjoy.

Sprouts

Little bok choy sprouts - hurray! Looks like our little experiment is taking life. I've been away from the blog for the last while so I'm hoping to get back on track with this sucker. I've added a slide show to the side - the theme right now is the changing landscape around urban bok choy. Hope you enjoy!

Stepping Stones

Now that the bok choy is sprouting we need a way for the kids to access the middle of the plot without stepping on the plants so Angela picked up some recycled bricks to use as stepping stones. Rather than to just throw them in (which is the lazy man option I would have opted for) Angela decided it would be fun to paint them up. She picked up four bricks - one for each member of the family to decorate however they wanted. Theo's brick is an assemblage of colours mashed together to form brown representing earth. Milo chose to brand his through his signature tiger stripes while Angela painted a scene of pastel flowers, a symbol for happy times. As for myself, I opted for a soothing purple for my background to which Milo quickly snagged and added the letter H for 'home'. Leave it to the number one son to put emphasis on what's most important. Way to go kid!